American author and composer
Mildred Weston Mildred Weston Rogers (May 1892 - February 6, 1975) was an American composer[ 1]
Not to be confused with American poet Mildred Weston (1905-1998)
Biography
Weston was born in Gallitzin, Pennsylvania , to William and Anna Weston. She graduated from the Pennsylvania College for Women (now Chatham University) in Pittsburgh in 1913,[ 2] [ 3] New England Conservatory of Music .[ 4]
After college, Weston taught music to kindergardeners at Miss Simonson's School in Pittsburgh. This experience informed the composition of a number of programmatic and pedagogical suites for piano, many of which were published by the Arthur P. Schmidt company (now Summy Birchard ).[ 5] [ 3]
Weston married William G. Rogers, an author and newspaper editor, on Oct 5, 1934 in Springfield.[ 6]
Selected works
Her works include:
Piano
Ten Fingers At the Zoo (1919)[ 7]
Under the Christmas Tree (1920, Theodore Presser Co)[ 8]
About Fairies (1922, Arthur P. Schmidt)[ 3]
In an Apple Orchard (seven piece suite)[ 9]
Slumber Song: Pyrenees Folk Tune (1923, published by Carl Fischer)[ 10]
Sandman (1925)[ 11]
Toys: A Suite for the Piano (1923, published by John Church)[ 12] [ 13]
Red Riding Hood (published by John Church)
Under an April Sky (seven piece suite)[ 14]
Under the Christmas Tree (1922)[ 8] Hobby Horse, A Doll That Goes to Sleep,The Tinkle-Tinkle Box, In a Little White Cradle, The Big Red Drum, Wooden Soldiers, Taps, The Little Pop-Gun, Jumping Jack, Candle Lighting Time , and Twinkle, Twinkle, Christmas Tree .
Goldilocks (1927, published by Arthur P. Schmidt)[ 15]
The Village Green (1930, Arthur P. Schmidt)[ 16]
Cinderella: A Fairy Tale (1931, Carl Fischer)
Swaying Willows: Novelty Dance on Black Keys (1934, Carl Fischer)
Prose
Carnival Crossroads: The Story of Times Square (with her husband William G. Rogers)[ 17]
music criticism for New Yorker magazine (1945)[ 18]
Vocal
Carol to the Child (1971)[ 19]
Holy Family Carol (SATB; 1941)[ 20]
References
^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers ISBN 0-9617485-2-4 OCLC 16714846 . {{cite book }}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link )^ Jeffery, Ruth; Kim, Carrie E.; Coburn, Elvira Estep; Paul, Josephine B., eds. (June 1920). Pennsylvania College for Women Alumnae Recorder ^ a b c Kempf, Paul, ed. (February 1925). "Worth-While American Composers (No. 15 in a Series of Biographical Sketches) - Mildred Weston" . The Musician . Vol. XXX, no. 2. 34. ^ "Obituary: Mildred Weston" . Altoona Mirror Newspaper . February 8, 1975. Retrieved September 18, 2020 .^ "Special Collections in Music:Music Division" . memory.loc.gov . Retrieved 2020-09-22 .^ "Mildred Weston a Bride" . The New York Times . Retrieved 2023-12-19 .^ The Musician ^ a b The Etude Music Magazine ^ "27 Apr 1929, Page 15 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at Newspapers.com" . Newspapers.com . Retrieved 2020-09-22 .^ "Slumber song : Pyrenees folk tune : for piano | WorldCat.org" . search.worldcat.org . Retrieved 2023-12-19 .^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1952). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series ^ Music Trades ^ New England Conservatory of Music (1929). New England Conservatory of Music concert programs ^ "7 Mar 1926, Page 65 - Pittsburgh Daily Post at Newspapers.com" . Newspapers.com . Retrieved 2020-09-22 .^ Earhart, Will (1928). "Review of The Witmark Classic Chorales" . Music Supervisors' Journal . 15 (2): 93– 94. doi :10.2307/3382545 . ISSN 1559-2472 . JSTOR 3382545 . S2CID 145794177 . ^ Lockhart, Lee M. (1931). "Review of The Moore Band Course" . Music Supervisors' Journal . 17 (3): 72. doi :10.2307/3383521 . ISSN 1559-2472 . JSTOR 3383521 . S2CID 221046398 . ^ Rogers, William Garland; Weston, Mildred (1960). Carnival Crossroads: The Story of Times Square ^ The New Yorker ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1971). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series ^ Orchestra, Boston Symphony (1941). Programme
